Brody v. SMK Enterprises

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals reversed the compensation judge’s order denying the employer/insurer’s request for a post-hearing supplemental deposition of the employee’s treating neurosurgeon. We reverse and remand.

On June 16, 1983, Kenyon E. Brody (“employee”) sustained compensable back injuries while employed by SMK Enterprises. He was moving a heavy slate table when it slipped and landed on his head, “crunching his neck down and twisting it somewhat.” SMK and its workers’ compensation liability insurer, Continental Western Insurance Company, accepted…